1/30/16 - Final Four Preview

The Final Four begins this Saturday April 2^nd. The games will be held in Houston, Texas, in the Houston Texans football stadium. The first game of the night will begin at 5:09 pm central time, which will be a matchup of 2 seeds in Villanova and Oklahoma. This game will be followed by the matchup of ACC foes in North Carolina and Syracuse. The Tar Heels are the only 1 seed to make it into the Final Four, while Syracuse is only the fourth digit seed to make the Final Four in history.

Villanova:

There road started with an easy win over a 15 seed Unc Asheville. Then the Wildcats shot lights out against the 7 seed Iowa Hawkeyes. Then Villanova took on the Miami Hurricanes. Villanova come out on fire once again and Miami was never able to regroup. Then Villanova’s toughest game of the tournament came when they took on Kansas. It was a nip and tuck game until the end with Nova prevailing.

Oklahoma:

Oklahoma as well would breeze through most of games. The Sooners started off with a game against CS Bakersfield and then took on VCU in the second round. Buddy Hield would lead the Sooners with 31 ppg. In the Sweet Sixteen Oklahoma dismantled Texas A&M to move on to the Elite 8 where Hield would seem to make every shot he took and the Sooners would move on to the Final Four after a win against Oregon.

North Carolina:

North Carolina would breeze through every opponent they would face in the tournament. The started off with a win over Florida Gulf Coast, then Providence. Then came the game against Indiana which everybody thought to be a terrific game but ended up in a blowout. Then the Tar Heels would take care of business against Notre Dame to make the Final Four.

Syracuse:

Syracuse, their 2-3 zone, and timely pressure got them to the Final Four. Dayton was there first opponent and the Flyers were not able to shoot past the zone. Middle Tennessee State was the next opponent and the Orange had little problem putting them away. Then they took on Gonzaga, down in the second half, there pressure got them back in the game to get a win. Same story against Virginia, down most of the game, timely pressure forced Virginia into mistakes which the Orange capitalized on to get to the Final Four.

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3/29/16 - Sweet 16 Recap

The Sweet Sixteen games started on March 24th with Villanova handing Miami a big loss. It was not much of a game as Villanova led the entire game. Then came another highly anticipated game with Oklahoma taking on Texas A&M. Oklahoma got out to an early lead and never looked backed. Then Kansas would take on Maryland. Maryland was able to keep it close during the first half. But Perry Ellis was too much in the second half and led the Jayhawks to a 16 point victory. The closest game of the night would be between Oregon and Duke. Oregon in the end would just be too athletic for Duke to handle and the Ducks would end up winning by 14.

The second set of Sweet Sixteen would provide a little more entertainment. The first game of the night was dominated start to finish by Virginia over Iowa State. The next game between Wisconsin and Notre Dame provided a big boost in entertainment for the games. The game was back and forth for the whole game. Wisconsin would go up three with about 30 seconds left, but turnovers would cause the Badgers to lose the game. Syracuse and Gonzaga had a similar game to the Wisconsin and Notre Dame game. Gonzaga would lead for much of the game, but in the late stages of the game, the Orange would turn on the full court pressure and get back into the game. The Orange turned Gonzaga over and made threes to eventually win the game in stunning fashion. In the last game of the Sweet Sixteen North Carolina stream rolled Indiana in a big win.

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3/21/16 - NCAA Tournament First Round Thursday Recap

The tournament is here. For today's post I will be recapping the games of the first round. Thursday was the starting date of the tournament and the first game of the day was Duke vs. UNC Wilmington. UNCW keep the game close and even led at certain times of the game, but had no answer for Marshall Plumlee in the second half. Plumlee was cleaning up on the glass, scoring and blocking shots to led Duke to a victory. The second game was a back and forth affair between Texas Tech and Butler with Butler eventually winning by ten. A battle between another eight and nine seed, was Colorado vs UCONN. Colorado was leading for most of the game but the UCONN and their great free shooting ended up being the difference. Iowa State then handled Iona, in a high scoring game. Then there is the game between Baylor and Yale, the first upset of the tournament was upon us. A back and forth game, with Yale pulling away in the second half, but Baylor made a run to come back but ended up coming up short. Then the one seeds, Virginia and Kansas took the court and took care of business in relatively easy wins. Purdue then lost lead to Arkansas Little Rock and headed to overtime. The teams would go to another overtime with Little Rock prevailing. Miami then battle Buffalo in a tight game but the Hurricanes squeak out a seven point win. Indiana then gave Chattanooga all they could handle and more, and won by more than twenty. Utah and Kentucky took care of business and won their games but the six seed Arizona could not handle the pressure of Wichita St. and would lose to the shockers by ten. Providence needed a layup in the final seconds of the game to beat USC and in the last game of the night Gonzaga and their big men were too much too handle for Seton Hall.

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3/1/16 - Sneeze Page

is to redirect readers back to some of my best posts in my opinion.

The posts I will be choosing are:

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http://collegebasketballrankings.blogspot.com/2016/02/22116.html

In my first link I write about college basketball and some of the big games that are happen on the weekend of 1/31/16. On this weekend we had so huge basketball games. We had a showdown of two of the best college basketball players in the country. A matchup of Ben Simmons of LSU and Buddy Hield of Oklahoma. Ben Simmons and LSU lead Oklahoma for most of the game, but when it came down to the end, it was the Buddy Hield show and Oklahoma won on a last second shot. The other big time game was a matchup of Kentucky and Kansas. This game was nip and tuck for the whole game and eventually went to OT where Kansas would hang on to win.

In my next link I go over the list of rankings for the week February 21st, the reason I want to go back to this post is to show how much things change on a weekly base. Since this ranking all the teams in the top 10 except Kansas have lost. Kansas has taken charge as the alpha team and has been rank number one for the last couple weeks. It has been a crazy year for college basketball and will only get crazier.

2/28/16 - Product Recommendation

For today’s blog post on College Basketball Rankings, I will be doing a product recommendation.

Staying with the theme of college basketball, I will be giving my recommendation for tickets to a college basketball game. People may ask what game I should go to or what team should I see. I believe that you can go to any college basketball and have a great experience. With that being said of course there will be some games that would be better than and better teams to see. But, the college game experience is nothing like anything you will ever see. No matter where you go to see a game, you will thoroughly enjoy your time. The college game brings a certain atmosphere that cannot be matched. From the crowd, the smaller arenas, and the players and teams. First thing first, you’re in a college town and a college town just has a certain feel to it. Once you get into the arena you will notice the difference from let’s say a professional game. The college crowds are more a high school crowd on steroids, with students sections and alumni. So the crowd cares about their team and get into the game. That is the best thing about the college game, the crowds. With smaller arenas, you are close to the action. There are no bad seats in the house, which also makes the game more enjoyable. Last thing is the players. The players are not professionals and are not paid for playing. This makes the game so fun because of the fact that the kids are just playing the game, they are not worried about money.